[Meetup Info] Let’s sketch at Queen's Park, New Westminster

Let’s meet and sketch at Queen's Park in New Westminster!

📍Between Picnic Shelter #1 and the Bandshell (Outdoor stage)
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July 6, 2025 (Sun)
Meetup 🕐 1 pm
Sketch Throwdown 🕐 4:00 pm

*We will update closer to the date if anything changes.

Welcome to a sketch meet up that also includes a picnic option.

We will meet for our hybrid event, on a gentle grass slope and under large shade trees, between the Bandshell (outdoor stage) and the large Picnic Shelter #1. A children’s playground is nearby too.

There might be a live music event nearby, with seating, on this same Sunday afternoon. Hopefully we can hold a few picnic tables too. Nearby are drinking fountains (plus paint water) and washrooms.

There is also a park concession with food, beverages and even Rocky Point Ice Cream.

Sketching Subjects:

informal strolling garden
formal rose garden
tall stands of cedar and fir trees
drawing each other or other people nearby
heritage homes along 1st Street

Things To Bring:

art supplies
food or beverages to share, if you like - there is NO obligation
a collapsible stool or chair, some kind of a mat or blanket (there are a few picnic tables too)

How to Get There:

- Public Transit
Take the SkyTrain to New Westminster Station, then take the #105 Uptown bus to Queen’s Park.

- Driving
Parking areas are available near our meet up point. See map.

Fun Fact: Queen's Park was opened 31 years before Stanley Park in Vancouver. It was established in 1859, making it the oldest park in all of BC.

Photo Courtesy: @merlincharlsart

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